Read Your World is celebrating LGBTQIA+ during Pride Month with a virtual event featuring Michael Genhart, Ph.D., Afsaneh Moradian, Federico Erebia, and C.K. Malone.
Join us as we chat with authors and allies from the LGBTQIA+ community, unveil our classroom kit: Creating Inclusive Classrooms: LGBTQIA+ Classroom Kit, give away books and so much more.
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Monday, June 3, 2024 / 7 p.m. EST
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Michael Genhart, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in San Francisco, CA. He lives with his family in Marin County. He is the author of numerous picture books – covering themes such as friendship, homelessness and compassion, microaggressions, LGBTQ+ families, and multicultural families.
Afsaneh Moradian is a homeschooling coach and author of the beloved picture book series Jamie is Jamie which has sold over 10,000 copies internationally and has become a classroom and home library favorite. As a homeschooling coach, she guides adults by giving them the language to communicate effectively with their children, empowering them to create learning spaces that are safe and inclusive, so children can thrive.
Federico Erebia is a retired physician, woodworker, author, poet, and illustrator. Pedro & Daniel (Levine Querido, 2023) is his debut novel. He identifies as intersectional: gay man, Mexican American, and neurodivergent. He serves on the SCBWI Impact & Legacy Fund Steering Committee. He lives in Massachusetts with his husband and their furbabies.
C.K. Malone is the author of A Costume for Charly, Popi’s All Souls Song, and other books for children. They are a bigender award-winning educator and literature coach at the secondary level. When not grading essays or helping students, they’re busy helping design culturally and LGBTQIA+ responsive units for the district and working as a climate and culture coach. C.K. also coaches and advises through alignment with the Genders and Sexualities Alliance Network (GSA). They continue this work in the literary world by advocating for all to be given the space to tell their own stories.
e.E. Charlton-Trujillo is a Mexican American filmmaker, author and youth literacy activist e.E. Charlton-Trujillo is the recipient of the prestigious Michael L. Printz Award for The Collectors. Trujillo has written several award-winning books for teens and children, most notably the Fat Angie series, an ALA Stonewall Award and International Latino Book Award Winner, Prizefighter en Mi Casa, a Parents’ Choice Silver Honor Winner and the Lupe Lopez picture book series a Junior Library Gold selection. e.E. is the co-founder of the youth literacy nonprofit Never Counted Out which creates book access and creative mentorship.
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- Junior Library Guild Gold selection
- Selected as one of 100 Outstanding Picture Books of 2023 by dPICTUS and featured at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair
- Starred review from School Library Journal
- Chicago Library’s Best of the Best
- 2023 INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist
- Green Earth Book Award longlist
- Imagination Soup’s 35 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 for Kids
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